Police arrests four drug peddlers in Sopore, Pulwama
Srinagar: Police arrested four drug peddlers in Sopore and Pulwama and recovered contraband/psychotropic substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Tueday.
A police party intercepted two persons near Samad Abad Crossing Shalimar Colony Sopore. During search, 209 capsules of SpasmoProxyvon Plus were recovered from their possession. They have been identified as Waseem Nabi Wani son of Ghulam Nabi Wani and Tafazul Islam son of Naseer Ahmad Parray, both residents of Model Town Sopore. They have been arrested and shifted to police station where they remain in custody. Accordingly, case vide FIR No. 197/2024 under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Sopore & investigation has been initiated.
Moreover, a police party at a checkpoint established at Gangoo Pulwama intercepted a vehicle (truck) bearing Reg No PB08EQ-8089 driven by Sukhdev Singh son of Surat Singh resident of Punjab. On search, two bags of poppy straw were recovered from his possession.
During the course of investigation and on the disclosure of said arrested drug peddler, one more drug peddler identified as Mohammad Yousuf Gadda son of Mohammad Shaban Gadda resident of Gangoo was arrested alongwith a bag of poppy straw.
Notably, the total recovered poppy straw weighed about 15 Kilograms. Both the drug peddlers have been arrested and shifted to Police Station where they remain in custody. A case vide FIR no 166/2024 has already been registered and further investigation is in progress. More arrests, recoveries are expected, the spokesman added.
